Game #3081
Aston Villa
2-1-1, 5 PTS
Monday, 31 August 1970
Lost
3rd= (-2)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥
Division Three
Attendance: 30,862
Mansfield Town
Villa Park
3-1-0, 7 PTS
Villa lose concussion victim Pat McMahon after 35 minutes before losing Bruce Rioch to injury on the stroke of time to leave Villa to play the second half with ten men. Villa lose for the first time in the third tier.
Aston Villa
0-1
Mansfield Town
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 31 August 1970
🔁 | 35’ Sub off, Pat McMahon (concussion), Sub on, Brian Tiler
🟨 | 43' Booking, Andy Lochhead, Retaliation
💥 | 44’ Player retired injured, Bruce Rioch
💥 | 44' Villa reduced to 10-men
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Mansfield Town
🥅 | 58’ Goal, 0-1, (Mansfield Town), Malcolm Partridge
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Mansfield Town
ON THIS DAY
Vic Crowe's Villa lose for the first time this season to make it two wins, a draw and a defeat in four division three games so far this season. Villa's unbeaten run ended as they were forced to play with ten men for more than half the game as concussed midfielder Pat McMahon left the field on 33 minutes followed by fellow midfielder Bruce Rioch soon after.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Mansfield Town
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Mansfield Town
Previous 5 vs. Mansfield: None
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1970-71 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Match | #4 |
Manager Game | #21 |
Monday, 31 August 1970
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Vic Crowe | 🏴 | Abercynon, 1970-1974
Referee: Arthur Dimond | 🏴 | Essex, 1965-1971 🆘
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 21 | 🟩 | 7 🟨 | 5 🟥 9 | 1.24
Career Form:
Mid Table
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Arthur Dimond | 🏴 | Essex, 1965-1971 🆘
🆘 Harsh decisions on both teams throughout
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Arthur Dimond
CARDS
Villa
🟨
Mansfield Town
🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Vic Crowe names the same line up for the fifth successive game.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.06 |
Oldest Player |
CB George Curtis | 🏴 | 31.35 |
Youngest Player |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴 | 19.85 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Vic Crowe | 🏴 |
Jock Basford | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK John Dunn | 🏴 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 |
CB George Curtis | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴 | ❌ |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴 |
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴 | 🟨 |
Mansfield Town
GK Graham Brown | 🏴 |
RB Sandy Pate | 🏴 |
CB Stuart Boam | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Phil Waller | 🏴 |
LB Clive Walker | 🏴 |
M John Stenson | 🏴 |
M Bobby Roberts | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Goodfellow | 🏴 |
IF Johnny Quigley | 🏴 | 🟨 |
F Malcolm Partridge | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
F Dai Jones | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Brian Tiler | 🏴 | for M Pat McMahon | 🏴 | 35' |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M James Sutton | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
None
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“It [Bruce Rioch’s knee] appears to be locked at present.
“I’m hoping there is no damage to the cartilage.
“Naturally I am disappointed with our performance.
“We outplayed them in the first 15 minutes, but from there on we struggled and the goals would just not come.”
Vic Crowe.
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